Speaking of which, I remember a trick that an old guitar teacher
showed me way back, where you could play (I hope I'm remembering
this right) album at 17, or whatever that low setting was on old
record players, and get the solo in key, but half as fast and an
octave lower.
Ah yeh: 78's play faster, don't they?
Duh me,
Matt
No, young man. The correct speed was 16 rpm.
Has anybody ever seen an actual 16rpm record? I heard that the Highway
HiFi offered as an option on some old Chrysler automobiles played
these,
but was never able to verify it.
Geffry King writes:
Has anybody ever seen an actual 16rpm record? I heard that the Highway
HiFi offered as an option on some old Chrysler automobiles played
these, but was never able to verify it.
Yeah, it's true. It was an option on certain Chrysler models in the
late '50s. Actually, I
